SURF CAMP On our way to Byron Bay we stopped off at Surf Camp on Arrawa Beach! This was awesome! When we arrived we all went down to the beach for a surf lesson and surfed for about 3 hours until the sun went down! We're almost pro now! After surfing we went up, had dinner cooked for us and then all went down to the beach for a big party by lantern light! Everyone else from the bus slowly went to bed and it ended up being us four girls and the surfer dudes chill...

SYDNEY Sydney is a pretty cool place but expensive!! We were hoping to be able to stay in Allie and Leah's appartment but unfortunately their land lord is very strict on having guests so it wasn't possible. The first night we met up with the girls and chilled in their flat..it was so nice to just sit in a sofa and watch a film without a million other people in the room! Funny the things you miss! We got the ferry over to Manly on our first full day there, got ...

G'DAY FROM 'STRALIA!MELBOURNEWell..we arrived on the 20th, flight went ok, our hostel is really nice and clean and we even got free towels when we checked in..PARADISE! we met up with Mark and little Phil (you may remember them form LA!?) was nice to catch up with them!We've done quite alot since we got here. The first couple of days the weather was really good so we went to the beach in St.Kilda, lovers! The 12th Fina swimming world championships are...

6th MARCH Today was a very early start for us as we had to get the ferry to Picton on the south island. We slept most of the way, it was wierd being a foot passenger on a ferry! we felt like we should be going to france!! When we arrived in Picton we got straight on the bus which took us into Nelson. The place we stayed was lovely, they even cooked everyone off the bus a roast beef dinner mmmm mmmm! 7th MARCH Today a group of us got up at stupid o clock so we ...

26th FEBIt was an early start this morning as the bus picked us up at 8 to leave for mercury bay. 1st impressions of the bus: basically travelling made easy! they hand round sheets and you just tick where you wana stay and for how long and the driver books it all for you! brilliant! Its pretty cool because rather than just driving straight from one place to another you stop and see anything cool along the way! Today we stopped off at Cathedral Cove for a swim..it...